Babs Boxer: Being a Senator is as tough as being a soldier
27th July 2010
“We know that if you have veterans in one place where they can befriend each other and talk to each other. You know when you’ve gone through similar things you need to share it. I don’t care whether you are a policeman or a fireman or a veteran or by chance a member of Congress,” the California senator said. “[Democratic Rep.] Maxine [Waters] and I could look at each other and roll our eyes. We know what we are up against. And it is hard for people who are not there to understand the pressure and the great things that go along with it and the tough things that go along with it.”
I loved the incident where she chewed out some Colonel or General for calling her ‘Ma’am’ rather than ‘Senator’. Now, I would have waited until she finished and then said, ‘Whatever you say, sir.’ And I would probably have gotten fired. But it would totally have been worth it.